ADAM
LEVY
GET YOUR GLOW ON
2003 Lost Wax Music
"While
Adam Levy is probably best known for the cool
licks that anchor Norah Jones' soul-jazz combo,
the versatile guitarist can hold his own in
the studio. Witness his second solo album, cut
at Sounds Unreel in Memphis, Tennessee. Fronting
a funky group that includes drummer Steve Potts
(Al Green, Booker T. & the MG's), and saxman
Jim Spake (Rufus Thomas, Ike Turner), Levy —
a California native — quickly tunes into
the Memphis groove. Guest vocalists like Otis
Clay, the Holmes Brothers, and Susan Marshall
turn in soul-searing renditions of Dylan's 'Tonight
I'll Be Staying Here with You' and the Carole
King classic 'No Easy Way Down.' Jones' appearance
on 'Love Me Tender' nearly steals the show —
but her sultry rendition of the Elvis ballad
is topped, in this writer's opinion, by Levy's
ass-shakin' instrumental 'To Kill a Mockingbird.'"
—Mojo
